“Magic rites, primitive civilizations, alchemy, the language of flowers, fire, or sleepless nights, are so many stages on the way to unity and the philosophers’ stone.” Albert Camus Images: Colette Calascione

I have had a copy of I-Ching – a.k.a. Book Of Changes – since I was about 15. Like old ephemerides, they tat apart from such regular use. It’s a book of divination – Jung went mad for it as [ Read more…]

David Pybus is a “21st Century alchemist & aromancer” who is a.k.a the Perfume Hunter/the Indiana Jones of the fragrance world. He attempts to recreate ancient scents…a la this sort of thing…That annoying numeral 1 cannot be removed. I think [ Read more…]

So, as I suspected, the Cancerian Full Moon bought me out in full Zen-Noire-Hippy mode, with the usual Crab Moon carbophilia…I am talking: * New appreciation of the daffier herbal teas, such as the dandelion & burdock combo. * Hippy [ Read more…]